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Access is available to Main Observatory only due to water levels on the paths. Lady Fen loop is fully open for walkers. Direct access possible from Littleport along the A1101, and from A10 via Ten Mile Bank. A1101 from Welney village is closed currently due to flooding. 

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Today's sightings - 21/06/2019

Sightings for Friday 21st June 2019

Whooper swan + cygnet
Mute swan
Greylag + goslings
Shelduck
Shoveler
Mallard
Gadwall
Garganey (Friends hide)
Teal
Tufted duck
Coot
Moorhen
Spotted crake (heard calling on the reserve during the night)
Corncrake (heard calling on the reserve during the night)
Grey heron
Little egret
Cattle egret (main observatory)
Black-tailed godwit
Greenshank
Redshank
Avocet
Oystercatcher
Snipe (drumming)
Green sandpiper (main observatory)
Little-ringed plover
Lapwing
Common tern
Black-headed gull
Swift
House martin
Swallow
Kingfisher (Summer walk)
Skylark
Meadow pipit
Yellow wagtail
Pied wagtail
Whitethroat
Blackcap
Chiff chaff
Cetti's warbler
Sedge warbler
Reed warbler
Corn bunting
Reed bunting
Tree sparrow
House sparrow
Goldfinch
Chaffinch
Great tit
Blue tit
Wren
Blackbird
Robin
Stock dove
Collared dove
Woodpigeon
Pheasant
Green woodpecker
Cuckoo
Magpie
Jackdaw
Rook
Sparrowhawk
Hobby
Marsh harrier

Dragonflies:
Broad bodied chaser

Butterflies:
Painted lady
Red admiral
Large skipper
Small tortoiseshell

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